Sale reports / Georgia / Pulaski Co / 2025-08-26

Pulaski Co

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hawkinsville, Georgia · Tue, Aug 26
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1937
Feeder Cattle receipts
390 head
▲ 47 vs last sale 343▼ 213 vs year ago 603 · −35.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
36 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 28▼ 25 vs year ago 61 · −41.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
21 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 15▼ 8 vs year ago 29 · −27.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago slaughter cattle mostly steady. Feeder cattle lightly tested. Bull and heifer calves 10.00 higher, steers calves 8.00 higher. Replacement cattle steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $329.63/cwt on 29 head. That ranks 9 of 34 comparable sales and sits −51.43 against this barn's trailing median of $381.06.
Average price
$329.63
29 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,781
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$238
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$39.56/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.52
vs GA average
−40.18 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1531346.881,8427thin
Medium and Large 2551330.461,82116thin
Medium and Large 3522307.321,6046thin
One grade step is worth $39.56/cwt here — about $238 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale29 hd
329.63
—
GA average13 barns · 415 hd
329.12
+0.52
National average160 barns · 10,603 hd
369.81
−40.18
This barn, trailing median34 sales
381.06
−51.43
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

34 sales
435386338289median 381.0603/0304/2807/0709/0110/27
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $420.72, low $302.94, median $381.06 across 34 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,444189.282,7337thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,293174.952,2622thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,222168.712,06119
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,013135.001,3672thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,129$2,5645
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,165$2,1501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)895$1,1001thin

Every lot

58 lots · USDA AMS · Pulaski County Stockyard - Hawkinsville, GA
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1201560.00/cwt560.00–560.001,1265
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1360495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,7822
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2375470.13/cwt465.00–475.001,7632
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1405457.50/cwt450.00–465.001,8532
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2420424.88/cwt420.00–430.001,7842
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470424.91/cwt418.00–430.001,9977
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1515420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,1634
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2520384.31/cwt380.00–385.001,9987
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3540344.95/cwt340.00–350.001,8632
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3558332.47/cwt330.00–335.001,8552
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1615367.52/cwt360.00–370.002,2604
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2643340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,1862
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1335465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,5581
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2340424.10/cwt420.00–425.001,4425
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3360377.53/cwt375.00–380.001,3592
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1365445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,6241
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2388393.30/cwt390.00–400.001,5263
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3428358.42/cwt350.00–365.001,5346
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1437392.34/cwt390.00–395.001,71511
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1462383.06/cwt380.00–385.001,77013
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2467375.77/cwt375.00–378.001,7558
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3473353.38/cwt350.00–360.001,6713
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3522307.32/cwt300.00–315.001,6046
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2530335.37/cwt330.00–338.001,7779
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1531346.88/cwt340.00–348.001,8427
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2578324.14/cwt320.00–328.001,8747
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1637324.91/cwt320.00–330.002,0702
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1225530.00/cwt530.00–530.001,1931
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2288495.04/cwt490.00–500.001,4262
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Value Added301540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,6251
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2314481.27/cwt480.00–485.001,5114
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3333467.41/cwt465.00–470.001,5562
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added375480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,8003
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2385440.92/cwt435.00–445.001,6987
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1387462.58/cwt460.00–465.001,7902
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2424383.82/cwt380.00–390.001,6275
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1437433.28/cwt420.00–440.001,8933
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1456413.30/cwt410.00–420.001,8856
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2485379.90/cwt375.00–385.001,8432
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2521339.25/cwt335.00–345.001,7677
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3542320.50/cwt320.00–325.001,73710
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2570324.11/cwt320.00–330.001,8476
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1688322.47/cwt315.00–330.002,2192
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2713295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,1032
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1783292.54/cwt290.00–295.002,2912
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,158182.34/cwt178.00–188.002,1112
Bulls——1,558192.05/cwt190.00–196.002,9925
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,005130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,3071
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,020140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,4281
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,176166.26/cwt162.00–170.001,9559
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,229154.50/cwt150.00–157.001,8994
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,286181.86/cwt180.00–184.002,3396
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,293174.95/cwt172.00–178.002,2622
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-38951,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-3805140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,1271
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-38651,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1652,150.00/head2,150.00–2,150.002,1501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1952,804.71/head2,400.00–3,100.002,8054

This sale against other markets

Georgia weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Georgia auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.